In a new study in the open-access journal Scientific Reports, however, Fasullo and two colleagues say they have now resolved this problem. It turns out, they say, that sea level rise was artificially masked in the satellite record by the fact that one ...

Between 2010 and 2011, ocean levels fell drastically because of La Nina and Australia's unique surface characteristics. But without irregular events like Pinatubo, Mr. Fasullo said, the rate of sea-level increase is not only rising, threatening coastal ...

Today, lead study author John Fasullo and his team of researchers claim that sea levels are escalating more than expected due to the long pause caused by the eruption. “We got a very biased view of sea level rise, based on the happenstance timing of ...

"When we used climate model runs designed to remove the effect of the Pinatubo eruption, we saw the rate of sea level rise accelerating in our simulations," said NCAR scientist John Fasullo, who led the study. "Now that the impacts of Pinatubo have ...

Now, we have our first firm evidence that the rate of sea level rise is already quickening. Analyzing numerous model simulations with and without natural factors that can affect global sea level, Fasullo and his colleagues were able to pick out the ...

Months later, NASA and French space agency CNES launched the first satellite altimeter, TOPEX/Poseidon, to monitor sea level from orbit. Many studies on sea level trends are based on data from the satellite. But that original data was skewed, Dr ...

"Part of the subtext here is that this is a very policy-relevant index of climate change," Fasullo said, referring to the rate of acceleration. "If you live on the coasts, understanding sea level is extremely policy relevant; the burning question of ...

Those colder temperatures literally slowed the rate of sea level rise, skewing statistics from the get-go. One of the authors of the research John Fasullo from NCAR told VOA, "The main point of the paper is that the eruption changed the timing of sea...

The researchers say the increase in global average sea levels, which has averaged 3.3mm a year since 1993, will gain pace by an extra 0.12mm per year. Lead author John Fasullo said sea level rise would be among the most damaging impacts of climate ...

An uptick in sea level rise caused by greenhouse gas pollution during the past two decades has been hiding behind a volcano. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991 sent tens of millions of tons of sulphur dioxide into the stratosphere.

“What we've shown is that sea level acceleration is real, and it continues to be going on, it's ongoing, and we understand why you don't see it in the short satellite record,” said John Fasullo, who conducted the research along with scientists from the ...

... that an acceleration in sea level rise might be imminent. "When we used climate model runs designed to remove the effect of the Pinatubo eruption, we saw the rate of sea level rise accelerating in our simulations," lead author of the paper John ...

"When we used climate model runs designed to remove the effect of the Pinatubo eruption, we saw the rate of sea level rise accelerating in our simulations," said National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) scientist John Fasullo, who led the study.

"Pinatubo decreased the apparent starting point of sea level," said John Fasullo, a climate scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research and University of Colorado who led the new study. Warm waters expand, which is a major cause of sea ...

The researchers say that the lower starting point distorts the calculation of sea level rise since 1993. Dr John Fasullo, who led the study, said: 'When we used climate model runs designed to remove the effect of the Pinatubo eruption, we saw the rate ...

"When we used climate model runs designed to remove the effect of the Pinatubo eruption, we saw the rate of sea level rise accelerating in our simulations," says lead author John Fasullo. "Now that the impacts of Pinatubo have faded, this acceleration ...

"When we used climate model runs designed to remove the effect of the Pinatubo eruption, we saw the rate of sea level rise accelerating in our simulations," NCAR scientist and study leader John Fasullo said in a statement. "Now that the impacts of ...

However because these satellite records were introduced so shortly after the Pinatubo eruption, it meant a lower sea level starting point has effectively distorted the data of acceleration for the last couple of decades. Scientist John Fasullo wrote ...

It's well known that global warming is pushing up sea levels – but alarming new research suggests that the ocean has begun rising at an accelerating rate. Rising temperatures increase the sea level by melting land ice, which makes its way into the ...